Charlie Rangel's career

Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) is one of the longest serving members of Congress who on Tuesday won the most serious reelection battle of his career to defend his upper Manhattan seat. In 2010, the House Ethics Committee charged Rangel, then chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, with 13 counts of violating House rules and federal laws alleging various financial dealings that broke the public trust. As a result, Rangel stepped down from the committee. Born on June 11, 1930 in New York City, the Korean War veteran was first elected in 1970.

Rangel is led away by Secret Service agents during a protest in front of the Sudanese embassy on July 13, 2004, in Washington. Rangel and other protesters were calling for an end to genocide in Sudan.
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